Tuesday 17 June 2014 15.50 The Irish Farmers' Association is staging a protest outside the Department of Agriculture on Kildare Street in Dublin over what it claims is inaction by the Minister for Agriculture in relation to the ongoing beef crisis.
Gardaí tried to prevent the farmers from unloading bales of hay at the department.
However, the farmers proceeded and are now staging their protest outside of the building.
IFA President Eddie Downey said the protest is to highlight the frustration that livestock farmers feel with Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, who they say is not focusing on his job.
Mr Downey said the minister has sided with the factories and is letting farmers down in relation to their attempts to get a fairer price for their beef.
He said the minister's attention seems to be focused on his pursuit of a future role in Cabinet rather than dealing with the issues that are putting farmers' livelihoods under threat.
IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said livestock farmers have suffered severe financial losses this spring and can take no more.
He said farmers are sick and tired of listening to Minister Coveney telling everybody how good things are and singing the praises of the processing industry, while beef prices have plummeted and livestock farm incomes are on the floor.
In a statement issued by Minister Coveney today he said he is "aware of the importance of the beef sector and sensitive to the concerns of farmers at this time."
Mr Coveney said "current downward pressure on Irish beef prices is of course replicated in the UK, which is our main export market and in other key EU markets."
Mr Coveney added he has already "committed to facilitating further engagement between stakeholders on the development of the industry, but it is neither appropriate nor legally possible for me to intervene on the question of price."
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